What is intuition and does it belong in the workplace?

You may know “intuition” by another name - hunch, gut feeling, flashes of knowledge, or a sense of assuredness. It’s the ability to immediately understand something without conscious reasoning. In other words, answers and solutions come to you.

Psychologically speaking, intuition works on implicit memory and operates like a mental pattern matching machine. When it’s strong, we make faster, better decisions based on all of our learnings, memories, and experiences — a skill that is incredibly valuable in the workplace.

How do we strengthen our intuition?

Our methodology to help individuals make intuitive-decisions is rooted in attention training - aka mindfulness. By learning how to control your attention, stay focused and on task, individuals can make decisions from a strategic, logical, and level-headed mindset.

What if I think mindfulness doesn’t work (especially in the workplace)?

Mindfulness is a practice, not something to perfect.

When we are mindful, we have increased self-awareness, better focus and concentration, enhanced emotional regulation and stress management.

In the workplace, this translates to better decision-making. With greater non-judgemental awareness of thoughts and situations, a mindful outlook enables clearer, more informed decisions, reducing the likelihood of impulsive or reactive choices.

How will I know if your organizational mindfulness trainings will work?

We’ll collect participant feedback through surveys, interviews, or focus groups to understand their experiences and perceptions of the mindfulness program. We’ll also track attendance and participation rates.

Over the long-term, organizations can track retention, performance metrics, and absenteeism (sick days) to see if there are benefits identified from ongoing mindfulness and meditation practices and wellbeing workshops.